About Army Portable Water Treatment Units

By Anna Mitchell


Previously used systems for seawater desalination were complicated to transport, because they were too heavy and not really practical. Limited sources and transportation problems now can be efficiently solved by using new and innovative Army Portable Water Treatment Units. Much lighter and without source limitations, these systems are easier and applicable in different situations.

Thanks to this new and innovative technology, other sources can be successfully used, including brackish water and even the one polluted with different chemicals, bacteria and so on. This might be of a great importance not only for military issues, but also wherever there is a problem with supplies, for example during floats, natural disasters or humanitarian crises in different parts of the world.

The first thing that cannot be neglected is the price of a bottled water used today. Using this innovative purifying system these expenses can be lowered to a minimum. In other words, using available sources, these costs will involve only the costs of a fuel spent and the chemicals that are used in the process of cleaning the equipment, plus the costs of a chlorine that is added in the final stage of the process, and this is all just a small fragment of existing expenses.

When it comes to the operating principle, it is really effective. Source water is drawn through a strainer, with a pump, into a large fabric made tank. The tank is collapsible, which make it easy and simple to transport and handle. A booster pump then push it through a floating strainer of 200 microns. After that, it enters the UF module. All operations happen at the same time, and every one is design to be highly effective.

UF module's task is to filter all types of particles, even the smallest ones. This includes all sorts of microorganisms, bacteria and so on. The next stage is RO membrane, and this is the final filtering. After that, the chlorine injection will additionally disinfect everything, and the whole process will take less than 45 minutes, and this really is fast, comparing to other methods.

This innovative purifying system has numerous advantages comparing to other similar fresh-water supplying solutions. Easy transportation is only one of these advantages, but really important one, considering previous experiences. The fact is that it can be easily transported and that it can produce purified water in less than 45 minutes on site, not to mention the fact that almost all available sources can be used.

Bottled water price is rising. Today, it's maybe 5$ a gallon, and this is certainly a great expense when it comes to military issues. There are several purifying systems that can lower these costs, maybe on one fifth, but it cannot be compared with this innovative solution. Using this new technology, the expenses can be lowered to seven cents per gallon, and this really is a significant difference.

Except being used in different military operations, these purifying systems could be of a great help when it comes to humanitarian crises, pollution or other emergency responses. Low costs, high efficiency and the possibility of treating all available sources, including those contaminated with various chemicals or even biological warfare agents, all this makes this system really special.




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